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Taiwan President instructs military to bolster security surveillance for countering China
The Tribune (Chandigarh)
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June 20, 2025
Taipei [Taiwan], June 20 (ANI): Taiwan's President Lai Ching-te has instructed the Taiwanese military to bolster its security surveillance amid rising tensions between Israel and Iran, Focus Taiwan reported on Thursday. Notably, the order comes...
Taiwan detects 50 Chinese military aircraft, six naval vessels near its territory
The Tribune (Chandigarh)
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June 20, 2025
Taipei [Taiwan], June 20 (ANI): Taiwan's Ministry of National Defence (MND) stated that it detected 50 Chinese military aircraft and six naval vessels operating in the region until 6 am (local time) on Friday. According to Taiwan's MND, 46 out of...
Taiwan detects 50 Chinese military aircraft around island
The Sun Daily
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June 20, 2025
TAIPEI: Taiwan detected 50 Chinese military aircraft around the island, the defence ministry said Friday, days after a British naval vessel transitted through the sensitive Taiwan Strait. China insists democratic, self-ruled Taiwan is part of its...
Taiwan VP Hsiao outlines efforts to prevent conflict amid China's threats
Focus Taiwan
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June 20, 2025
Taipei, June 20 (CNA) Taiwan is doing everything it can to prevent a military conflict with China, including building up asymmetric defense capabilities and fortifying public resilience, Vice President Hsiao Bi-khim (蕭美琴) said in a recent...
Taiwan parents hiring pole dancers for son’s graduation leads to police action
South China Morning Post
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June 20, 2025
A couple in Taiwan have sparked controversy by hiring two pole dancers to perform outside their son’s secondary school as a celebration of his graduation. The performance took place outside Taichung Municipal Wanhe Junior High School in mid-June,...
Taiwan-India ties at a new turn
Taipei Times
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June 19, 2025
Taiwan’s unconditional support “for all legitimate and necessary actions taken by the government of India to safeguard national security and fight terrorist forces that cross borders to attack innocent civilians” marked a monumental shift in the...
Taiwan’s Tsao banned for year
Taipei Times
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June 19, 2025
Taiwanese tennis player Tsao Chia-yi on Wednesday was officially suspended by the International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) for contravening doping rules. Tsao’s 12-month suspension would run until Feb. 28 next year, the ITIA said in a...
Taiwan needs a law for refugees
Taipei Times
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June 19, 2025
Since 2017, Amnesty International, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees and civil society sponsorship programs have been working together to provide support for refugees, helping them rebuild their lives. To date, millions of people worldwide...
China calls British warship's Taiwan Strait transit an attempt to 'cause trouble'
Japan Times
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June 20, 2025
BEIJING/TAIPEI – China's military on Friday condemned the sailing of a British warship through the Taiwan Strait as a deliberate attempt to "cause trouble," as Taiwan's president ordered stepped-up monitoring in response to Chinese military...
U.K. Royal Navy vessel sails through Taiwan Strait
The Asahi Shimbun
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LONDON--A British Royal Navy patrol vessel has sailed through the Taiwan Strait, a Navy spokesperson said on Thursday, saying the passage complied with international law. “HMS Spey’s routine navigation through the Taiwan Strait was part of a...
China condemns British warship’s ‘troublemaking’ Taiwan Strait transit
SRN News
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June 20, 2025
Audio By Carbonatix BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s military on Friday condemned the sailing of a British warship through the Taiwan Strait as a deliberate attempt to “cause trouble”, saying it undermined peace and stability in the region. Britain’s...
China Sends Warplanes Near Taiwan After US Lawmakers’ Visit
Mint
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June 20, 2025
China sent the most warplanes toward Taiwan since October, a move that follows US lawmakers visiting a top military figure and both the UK and Japan sailing warships through the strait separating the island from the Chinese mainland. Some 46...
MSDF destroyer sails through Taiwan Strait amid tensions
The Asahi Shimbun
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The Maritime Self-Defense Force’s destroyer JS Takanami passed through the contested Taiwan Strait, waters between China and Taiwan that China considers its own, in mid-June, multiple government sources said. The move is believed to be aimed at...
PLA slams British hype over patrol vessel's Taiwan Strait transit
Xinhua News Agency
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BEIJING, June 20 (Xinhua) -- A spokesperson for the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Eastern Theater Command on Friday criticized Britain for hyping up the transit of its offshore patrol vessel through the Taiwan Strait on Wednesday....
Taiwan Central Bank Holds Key Rate At 2.0%
RTTNews
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June 19, 2025
Taiwan's central bank retained its key interest rate at its June meeting on Thursday as the policy board observed that the current rate level would help sustain sound economic and financial development on the whole. The central bank board...
Taiwan Adds New Export Controls on China’s Chip Industry
The Diplomat
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June 18, 2025
The recent salvo of export control measures against China’s semiconductor industry came not from the United States, but Taiwan. On June 14, Taiwan’s Ministry of Economic Affairs added a total of 601 entities to its trade blacklist – including...
Japan destroyer sails through Taiwan Strait after China jet approach
Nikkei Asia
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TOKYO -- A Japanese warship passed through the Taiwan Strait just days after Chinese fighter jets flew dangerously close to a Japanese plane over the Pacific Ocean, it was learned Thursday. The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer Takanami...
Taiwan pursues homegrown Chinese spies
Manila Standard
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June 19, 2025
TAIPEI—Taiwan is vetting hundreds of thousands of military service members, public school teachers and civil servants in a bid to root out potential homegrown Chinese sympathizers, as Beijing intensifies espionage on the island. Alarm is growing...
Japan destroyer sails through Taiwan Strait after China jet encounter
Japan Today
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June 19, 2025
A Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer sailed through the Taiwan Strait last week, days after a Chinese fighter jet flew dangerously close to a Japanese patrol plane over the Pacific, diplomatic sources said Thursday. It was the third...
‘Workers’ rights must be respected’: Seattle Taiwanese restaurant to pay nearly $600K in settlement
MyNorthwest - Washington State
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June 19, 2025
Din Tai Fung, a series of Taiwanese restaurants with locations in the Puget Sound region, among other states, agreed to settle with the Seattle Office of Labor Standards over violations related to paid sick time and wage theft. The Seattle Office...